Aaron Allen & Associates is a leading global restaurant industry consultancy, helping clients around the world solve their most complex challenges and achieve their most ambitious aims.
Aaron Allen & Associates advises many of the largest and most successful foodservice and hospitality companies globally with an unparalleled breadth and depth of experience across categories, cuisines, geographies, functional areas, ownership types, service styles, operating platforms, and phases of the business lifecycle.
We work with executive leadership of emerging and established restaurant chains, private equity firms, and institutional investors to help them drive growth, optimize performance, and maximize enterprise value.
As a strategy-focused, top line-oriented organization we have helped clients
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